Event DescriptionDescribed by The New York Times Book Review as “one of the major
lyric voices of our time,” best-selling author and poet Sherman Alexie
is coming to Willamette University March 11.

The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Auditorium.

Alexie’s first novel, “Reservation Blues,” won a Booklist’s Editors
Choice Award for Fiction. His second, “Indian Killer,” was a New York
Times Notable Book, and one of his more recent publications, “The
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” won the National Book
Award in Young People’s Literature in 2007.

Alexie wrote and produced the film, “Smoke Signals,” based on his
book, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.” The film won the
Audience Award and Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film festival.
In 2002, Alexie made his directorial debut with “The Business of
Fancydancing.”

Raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Wash., Alexie
is known for his exceptional humor and performance ability. He’s been
featured on “Politically Incorrect,” “60 Minutes II” and “NOW with Bill
Moyers.”

Last fall, Alexie released “Blasphemy,” an anthology of new stories
and beloved classics. Kirkus Review named it as one of the Top 25 Best
Fiction Books of 2012.